Kaunas offensive

Kaunas offensive
Part of Operation Bagration

Wehrmacht armored personnel carrier in Vilkaviškis during the Kaunas offensive
DateJuly 28 - August 28, 1944
Location
Kaunas area, Lithuania
54°55′N 24°00′E / 54.917°N 24.000°E / 54.917; 24.000
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Germany  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Walter Model
(Army Group Centre)		 Soviet Union Ivan Chernyakhovsky
(3rd Belorussian Front)

The Kaunas offensive (Russian: Каунасская наступательная операция) was part of the third phase of the Byelorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration. The Kaunas offensive was executed by the 3rd Belorussian Front on July 28 – August 28, 1944, with the aim of destroying the German concentration on the western bank of the Neman river, the occupation of Kaunas, and reaching the boundaries of East Prussia.